The best live video feeds streaming the 2017 total solar eclipse

On Monday, August 21, the moon will slip in front of the sun and
cast a dark shadow that will travel across the contiguous United
States. A partial solar eclipse will be visible around the entire
country, but
totality — when the moon fully blocks the sun and
eerie-looking effects occur — can only be seen within a 60-
to 70-mile-wide sliver.

The path of totality will touch 12 US states, but hotels in those
regions began selling out a year ago. If
you're not planning to travel and brave the traffic, though,
there will be plenty of ways to watch livestreaming video
of the eclipse.

Below, Business Insider has compiled a collection of what should
be the best feeds. As new ones go live, we'll embed or link to
them — so bookmark this page for later.

NASA is pulling out all of the stops with two live feeds of the solar eclipse,
via NASA TV and NASA EDGE, across multiple popular
streaming-video services. We recommend watching those.

NASA's first stream goes on air at 8:45 a.m. PDT/11:45
a.m. EDT, which is about an hour before the darkest
shadow of the moon, called the umbra, first touches Oregon.

From there the umbra will zoom southeast at speeds of 1,440 mph
to 2,370 mph, ending its American journey 93 minutes later in
South Carolina. This map shows where and when the umbra — and
totality — will arrive across the US:

When a feed will broadcast totality depends on where its cameras
are located. The longest totality will last at any one location
is less than three minutes, but some feeds will have dozens of
cameras sprinkled across the country.

Note: You may need to disable Flash and ad blockers for the
feeds to work. We've also included links directly to the
streaming sites in case you're having trouble watching.

1. NASA TV

On solar eclipse day, the space agency's main feed is going to be epic.

NASA TV has mapped out live video coverage for its "Eclipse
Across America" segment from 12 different locations on the
ground,
jets in the sky, telescopes, and dozens of high-altitude
balloons. (Yes, we said "epic" for a reason.) These feeds should
run from 12 p.m. - 4 p.m. EDT.

Other services

2. NASA EDGE

NASA EDGE is the space agency's edgier video production, and is
typically unscripted. Their feed will be a "megacast" of the
solar eclipse from Saluki Stadium in Carbondale, Illinois, and is
slated to run from 11:45 a.m. - 4 p.m. EDT.

3. Slooh

This company has partnerships with observatories all over the
world, allowing them to stream almost any astronomical event. We
like Slooh because they fill their broadcasts with commentary
from a rotating cast of experts who speak in conversational
language.

On eclipse day they'll base their broadcast out
of Stanley, Idaho. The feed should go live at 12 p.m. EDT, and
when it does we'll embed it here.

4. Stream.live

Stream is a newer, interactive video feed service that we don't
plan to embed here, but you can access it for free at
at eclipse.stream.live on the day of
the total solar eclipse.

Stream has partnered with NASA to string together an interactive
feed that will feature footage from 52 high-altitude balloons
launched from schools, universities, astronomy clubs, and
others within the path of totality. The balloons will fly 100,000
feet up into the air.

"The viewer will be able to pick which balloon they want to watch
via the interactive map on the site," Will Jamieson, Stream's
CEO, told Business Insider in an email.